Genesis 41:51
And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, for, God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
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Genesis 41:30and there shall arise after them seven years of famine. And all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine shall consume the land.
Genesis 48:13And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near to him.
Numbers 26:28The sons of Joseph according to their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
Joshua 14:4For the sons of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And they gave no portion to the Levites in the land except cities to dwell in with the suburbs of it for their cattle and for their substance.
Job 11:16For thou shall forget thy misery. Thou shall remember it as waters that are passed away.
Psalms 30:11Thou have turned for me my mourning into dancing. Thou have loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness,
Matthew Henry on Genesis 41:47-57
The Famine in Egypt and Canaan. ( b. c. 1706.) 46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. 47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. 48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same. 49 And Joseph gathered… Read the whole commentary →